I’m a Communist. A Marxist Leninist. That’s why I like YongYea. He does a good job of making some of these issues known to the greater public. Still after close to a decade of political and revolutionary education I can tell you Boycotting stuff is just Neo-Liberalism. Like saying if you don’t eat meat the slaughterhouse will close down. But that’s not how Capitalism works. You, me, and the next person are so infinitesimally small compared to these private mega corporations that they are seemingly too big to fail. The cows will still be slaughtered regardless if you boycott them and worst of all just thrown out of you don’t buy the meat. We could boycott Bungie completely, they still got paid by Sony and who ever else comes along next. In order to change this contradiction we must educate the masses. If you want to stop predatory capitalism from infecting further in the gaming industry then we need to educate, agitate, and organize the devs the Workers who produce the games. Only then will we have the bargaining power to make change.

I’m not interested in controlling corporate behavior. That’s for governments and regulation. My goal is to control my own life and what is and is not a part of it. If it’s raining, I’m better off grabbing an umbrella versus cursing the sky and demanding that it stop.

[quote]I’m not interested in controlling corporate behavior. That’s for governments and regulation. My goal is to control my own life and what is and is not a part of it. If it’s raining, I’m better off grabbing an umbrella versus cursing the sky and demanding that it stop.[/quote] As a proud Tankie who loves Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Zedong the unaware ignorance of this comment hurts my brain. THE GOAL OF ALL LIFE IS TO IMPROVE MATERIAL CONDITIONS! “Controlling Labor and Production is Da Goberments job!” BUDDY THE POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE NOT THE CORPORATIONS! ITS YOUR JOB TO CHANGE IT! Please visit a library and study Capital and Labor. Reading can’t hurt you. Just try it.

No thank you. The goals of my life are simply different from yours. I’ve learned—first hand—the futility of trying to control other people. Good luck with the path you’ve chosen.

Buddy what you are saying does not fit with reality. You are being controlled. The Workers and Peasants produce all you see my friend while the Private Owner Boss makes all the money. In reality we call this a contradiction. Communism is about negating contradictions. Primarily the contradiction of Capital and Labor. The contradiction where one individual does labor while another individual profits from that labor while contributing nothing of value to the process. You will either learn and grow up or you will die a wage slave. If you want your children and their children to honestly be free than you must take action. Your job on this earth is not to theorize history or material conditions BUT to change them. Otherwise you are just a cog feeding the machine. Good luck boycotting capitalism. I’m sure it will work this time. Surely The Ruling Class will give up their power willingly. Just keep doing that old Liberal Overton Window stuff. Maybe vote harder next time.